Daisy: None too masculine Dame: Woman Dance: To be hanged Dangle: Leave, get lost Daylight, as in "fill him with daylight": Put a hole in, by shooting or stabbing Deck, as in "deck of Luckies": Pack of cigarettes Derrick: Shoplifter Dib: Share (of the proceeds) Dick: Detective (usually qualified with "private" if not a policeman) Dingus: Thing Dip: Pickpocket Dip the bill: Have a drink Dish: Pretty woman Dive: A low-down, cheap sort of place Dizzy with a dame, To be: To be deeply in love with a woman Do the dance: To be hanged Dogs: Feet Dope fiend: Drug addict Dope peddler: Drug dealer Dough: Money Drift: Go, leave Drill: Shoot Drop a dime: Make a phone call, sometimes meaning to the police to inform on someone Droppers: Hired killers Drum: Speakeasy Dry-gulch: Knock out, hit on head after ambushing Duck soup: Easy, a piece of cake Dummerer: Someone who pretends to be deaf and/or dumb to appear a more deserving beggar Dump: Roadhouse, club; or, more generally, any place Dust out: Leave, depart

Tail: Shadow or follow Take a powder: Leave Take on: Eat Take for a Ride: Drive off with someone in order to bump them off Take the air: Leave Take the bounce: To get kicked out Take the fall for: Accept punishment for That's the crop: That's all of it Three-spot: Three-year jail term Throw lead: Shoot bullets Ticket: P.I. license Tiger milk: Some sort of liquor Tighten the screws: Put pressure on somebody Tin: Badge Tip a few: To have a few drinks Tomato: Pretty woman Tooting the wrong ringer: Asking the wrong person Torpedoes: Gunmen Trap: Mouth Trigger man: Man whose job is to use a gun Trouble boys: Gangsters Twist: Woman Two bits: $25, or 25 cents

U

Under glass: In jail

W

Weak sister: A push-over Wear iron: Carry a gun Wise head: A smart person Wooden kimono: A coffin Wop: derogatory term for an Italian Worker, as in "She sizes up as a worker": A woman who takes a guy for his money Wrong gee: Not a good fellow Wrong number: Not a good fellow

Y

Ya Follow: do you understand? Yap: Mouth Yard: $100 Yegg: Safecracker who can only open cheap and easy safes